Purchase Agreement/Health Guarantee

Thank you for deciding to adopt one of our puppies. We want to make this as stress free and as enjoyable of an experience for you as possible. Please feel free to email or call us with any questions or concerns that you might have along the way. We will keep you up to date with information about your puppy as it grows until it is time for your puppy to go to its new home.

This contract is written for the protection of both the breeder and the buyer - However, it is primarily written to protect the health and general well being of the puppy. 

Conditions and Terms

HEALTH & NUTRITION: Buyer agrees to keep the dog in good physical condition with regularly scheduled vaccinations, wormings, flea, tick and heartworm prevention and to provide proper shelter, exercise, fresh water, dog food, treats, pet care products and nutritional supplements as described in this paragraph. Because 60% of all degenerative disease is related to poor nutrition, we require that the puppy remain solely on Country Vet Naturals for Growing Puppies 28/18 products without lapse for at least the first year of the puppy’s life in order to qualify for the one year guarantee against heritable disease.

GUARANTEES: Seller is in compliance with all State (Iowa) regulations and makes every effort to ensure that the puppy is healthy at the time of transfer. We will not allow a puppy to leave until we are certain that the puppy is ready for the trip to your home and is eating quite well on its own. Your new puppy MUST be examined by a licensed veterinarian within 24-72 hours of receiving your puppy to validate this guarantee.

*****However, any exam performed by an unapproved vet will VOID this guarantee in its entirety. Should your vet find the puppy “unfit” for sale upon this initial examination, it will be replaced provided the puppy is returned with a written statement from the vet stating the nature of their findings. Spruce Lane Doodles also has the right to have their vet check the puppy out prior to any exchange!! It is the Buyer’s responsibility to return the puppy along with all registration papers and other package contents. SELLER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES THAT BUYER HAS INCURRED.

***The seller will not guarantee the Leptospirosis Vaccine. We do not give our dogs this vaccine due to its many adverse side effects. If the buyer chooses to give this vaccine to your dog, any cost from adverse reactions such as a puppy coming down with an auto-immune disease shortly thereafter will not be covered. It is completely at the buyer’s discretion. 

 Your new puppy has been given vaccines that were delivered to us in cold pack and were immediately transferred to our refrigerated storage until the vaccine was used and the coordinating label placed in your puppy’s vaccination booklet following the manufacturer's instructions. All vaccines are NOT created equal; therefore, you or your vet may notice a different schedule has been followed according to the specific vaccination administered. Because over vaccination can cause serious health consequences, any vaccination given before your puppy is actually due for its next vaccine will VOID this guarantee in its entirety. All of our puppies have completed their regimen of immunization to their age appropriate vaccination schedule at time of delivery. It is the Buyer’s responsibility to set up an ongoing appropriate vaccination schedule with your vet. We assume no responsibility for any illness to other household pets resulting in being exposed to your puppy.

Seller cannot guarantee the puppy against illness or opportunistic parasites brought on by the stress of moving (from our house to yours), shipping, or motion sickness resulting from being transported. This stress can ignite illnesses and opportunistic parasites such as hypoglycemia (sugar drop) or coccidia (dormant in most live animals), giardia, kennel cough, etc. Seller also does not guarantee the puppy to be “worm-free” as this is an on-going process that, once the dog is out of our control, is the responsibility of Buyer. These are easily and economically treated and should they occur SELLER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES OR OTHER COSTS THAT BUYER HAS INCURRED.

This guarantee does NOT cover any costs associated with spaying or neutering, nor does it cover injury or death from any routine surgical procedure. Further, this guarantee does not cover any of the following conditions or minor flaws: coccidiosis, giardia, hypoglycemia, kennel cough, pneumonia, ear mites, ear infections, skin mites, mange (sarcoptic demodectic or cheyletiella), cherry eye or any other non life-threatening open fontanel, non life-threatening bone or joint disorders such as but not limited to luxating patellas and heart murmurs that are not life threatening.

Seller cannot guarantee size, color, temperament, coat quality, shedding or non-shedding coats or fertility (including presence of testicles) of any puppy.

Seller cannot guarantee size or conformation and does not imply or intend to imply any potential and/or prospect of show quality of any puppy. In addition, Seller cannot guarantee that dewclaws will not re-grow and will not be responsible for any vet charges the Buyer may incur in removing dew claws or tail docking. 

I have included in your puppy packet a complete health record and a Vet. Certificate of Health for your DMV to review. I give no refund if your puppy eats any hazardous plant, food, object, medicine or poisons or gets hit by any vehicle or runs away. 

***Please do NOT expose your puppy to other dogs that are not vaccinated until he/she has completed the entire vaccination schedule- around 16-20 weeks old. Spruce Lane Kennels is not responsible for any contractible diseases or infections if seller does not adhere to this recommendation from the Breeder.

***This guarantee does not include minor illnesses and health issues such as colds, allergies, internal or external parasites or umbilical hernias. However, the breeder will disclose any known illnesses or health issues prior to the sale. 

ABUSE/NEGLECT: In the event that the dog is mistreated in any way, neglected in any way, abused in any way, kept outside in extreme heat or extreme cold conditions, kept on wire flooring. Seller has the right to rescue the dog immediately, with no notice or compensation to Buyer. Buyer shall voluntarily surrender any kennel club registration papers (if applicable), microchip records, and health records.

I do not cover surgery related to umbilical hernias, if your puppy should have one or any problems associated with hernias. Your puppy has been offered at a discount if there is one present as we disclose any faults at the time of sale. I do not guarantee size as puppies can inherit genes from either parent. The buyer must agree to provide veterinary care within this first year, including annual heartworm checks and preventatives and to keep vaccinations current. 

Failure to comply with and provide documentation of the above requirements voids this warranty. Hypoglycemic shock and death is covered within 72 hours after leaving my premises. If something were to happen, we will refund the purchase price of the puppy. 

BUYER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Buyer agrees that, if any time the buyer can no longer care for the dog, the breeder will be contacted and the dog shall be returned to the breeder with the registration papers and vet papers.

If Buyer complies with all of the terms contained within this agreement, then Seller warrants the health of the puppy for one year of life against genetic life-threatening genetic defects. The dog must NOT breed, this will void the contract. 

Buyer agrees that, at no time, will this dog be abandoned, surrendered to an animal shelter, rescue or humane society.

Buyer agrees not to sell or give this dog to a third party without direct written permission from the breeder Spruce Lane Doodles.

Spayed or Neutered before the age of 2 ½ years of age. The buyer has to send Spruce Lane Doodles official documents from the veterinarian.